Lowering
05-26-2006, 07:24 PM
#11
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RE: Lowering
If mine was any lower I'd get road rash on my ***! I already tore the hell out of the bottom of my drivers side rocker going over a driveway that was too crowned. Luckily it is only the bottom and I haven't had to replace it. I personally don't like 20's but they would probably improve ground clearance vs 17's. That being said, I love the look and ride of my car with the Pro Kit and have learned how to handle speed bumps and steeply crowned drives.
05-26-2006, 07:30 PM
#12
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RE: Lowering
ORIGINAL: beaustang
If mine was any lower I'd get road rash on my ***! I already tore the hell out of the bottom of my drivers side rocker going over a driveway that was too crowned. Luckily it is only the bottom and I haven't had to replace it. I personally don't like 20's but they would probably improve ground clearance vs 17's. That being said, I love the look and ride of my car with the Pro Kit and have learned how to handle speed bumps and steeply crowned drives.
If mine was any lower I'd get road rash on my ***! I already tore the hell out of the bottom of my drivers side rocker going over a driveway that was too crowned. Luckily it is only the bottom and I haven't had to replace it. I personally don't like 20's but they would probably improve ground clearance vs 17's. That being said, I love the look and ride of my car with the Pro Kit and have learned how to handle speed bumps and steeply crowned drives.
Also I'm afraid it may deteriorate the shocks themselve, being constently at a lower position, compared to their original design position. Any experience on that, how much mileage have you (or others) done since the swap? Should I expect to have to replace them sooner.
05-26-2006, 07:34 PM
#13
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RE: Lowering
I've only got about 7k miles on mine. I didn't have to add any parts, just the springs and an alignment. The dealer put mine on and I have the extended warranty and the prepaid maintenance so everything but the tires are covered for 100k miles.
05-26-2006, 10:36 PM
#14
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RE: Lowering
NEVER EVER EVER CUT SPRINGS and i cant stress that enough, no matter how much you measure youll never get the exact same cut, and end spring rate.. the spring steel itself differs throughout the whole spring even tho 2 springs have the same rate, protions of hte spring are different , youll completly throw off your car handleing
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